Friday, May 1, 2009

Reader's Corner: How to Contour

"Nikki, if you're not so busy, please do a tutorial on how to contour the cheeks. Im really curious how to do that because I've been blessed, err.. cursed.. with full cheeks " --- Khymm

Answer:

Hey Khymm, yes I'm not busy now so I got the time to do a photo tutorial on how I contour my cheeks. There are so many ways to contour the cheeks out there, but you are one lucky gal! I am blessed with full cheeks too! So I will share with you how I contour my cheeks. Hope this helps! :D

Choose your preferred brush or any brush easy to work with. Dip in a matte brown or bronzer onto the brush

Do not forget to tap on the excess powder

Step 2:

Press the brush just in front of the ear near the hair line.

Step 3:

Swipe the brush in an angle (like a diagonal inverted triangle) as shown on picture below. You can build the color as you go on!

Step 4:

Using the same brush or you can use a different brush (again your choice), choose your blush color. Do the tapping motion again.

Step 5:

While the contouring powder (black triangle) is not yet blended, apply the Blush powder on top of the contouring powder (pink triangle), the application is the same manner as you apply the contouring powder.

Step 6:

Using a loose powder brush, in my case, I use my Ecotools Kabuki Brush, gently blend in the colors together.

Tip:In this step, you can reapply the contour powder and blush powder if needed.

Step 7:

After the contour and blush powder are blended well. Dip in the brush with any highlighting powder you prefer.

Apply sparingly right abovethe blush powderand you can also includehighlighting the browboneif needed

Here's the final look

(Note: I applied more than the usual to show the colors on photo)

This is just one of the manycontouringand blushing techniques :)Try to experimentand see which worksbestfor your facials structure!Do have fun on the process!Keep smilin'!Stay Happy!

Happy Labor Holiday!!!

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ooh! yay for tutorial! \o/ my face is like 80% cheeks so this is really useful! I've been contouring the lower part of my jaws though. (coz I have too much fat going on there) I am not a blush person and I rather keep my face tan ^^; i don't know why but I want brown-ish toned blush.

NIkki this looks like a pro did it! Very impressed ... good job! I've been using MAC Taupe blush for the past year so I think I've been contouring without knowing, lol! But I recently wanted to get a "real blush" so I'm looking around...think I want to save up for NARS Orgasm. I remember it looked stunning on you a while back from your review :)Renee

donnarence, I know what you mean! Most people either overdo it or use so sparingly they think it doesn't make any difference :)

Citrine, yes, I do the test, applied, then shot! And if I don't see any colors, I do re apply again :) I know what you mean about blushes, when I do FOTD, most of my blush colors goes "gone with the wind" lol

nikki! i just wanted to tell you that i love reading your blog everyday. i was wondering where you got your fan brush! and what brand is it? ive been looking for a thicker full one (: thank you and keep up the great work!

kk~great tutorial!so I've been trying to contour better...recently...and thought I had it down. Well My friend took a side shot of me at the club this past weekend...and lets just say I was mistaken...AH! lol Blending is mega important...I need to try and blend more :P